'Exceptional weather' with rain, wind and high tides to hit

[klr]

I was just chatting with the landlord, who said the wind is so strong it was shaking his car.

[cronus]

Bolexed planet syndrome.

[pErvinalia]

Can't you defend the place yourselves rather than getting giant lesbians to do it for you?

Post of the day! Ney, WEEK!

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

Edit - I can't see why it should be "exceptional" to have shitty weather here. It's the UK's default setting.

[macdoc]

Bloody hell....half the country is colder than the South Pole just now.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/deep-free ... -1.2481456

stalled Arctic highs are sooooooo fun....:rolleyes:

[JimC]

You're all doomed, utterly doomed...

[macdoc]

Apparently....

(CNN) -- An onslaught of fast-falling snow, whipping winds and bitter cold socked parts of the Northeast on Thursday, spurring a slew of travel woes, highway closures and worries that the headaches will only get worse as temperatures fall further.
This kind of weather, this time of year, in this region is nothing new: Connecticut's governor, for instance, noted the snow totals won't come close to the 40 inches that buried parts of his state last February.
At the same time, by Thursday night, it was already causing a mess -- whether you were waiting at an airport, had skidded off a road or were stuck at home hoping that your lights and perhaps your heat wouldn't suddenly stop working.

"Mother Nature has come to wish us happy new year," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
The nor'easter, forming off the East Coast of the United States, prompted blizzard warnings from Thursday into Friday for New York's Long Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts' South and North Shores, plus communities along Maine's coast. Boston, for example, was already getting buried by snow late Thursday afternoon.

About one-third of the nation, approximately 100 million people in 22 states, was in the path of the storm, which was expected to be at its fiercest between 8 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday, according to CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen.

The complicated storm system "will raise havoc" this week, dumping a foot of snow and spreading subzero wind chills across parts of the region, the National Weather Service warned.

"Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities are likely," the Weather Service said. "This will lead to whiteout conditions making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel."

Across the country, the nasty weather has snarled travel plans for many.

Some 2,200 U.S. flights had been canceled as of 9:30 p.m. Thursday, reported FlightAware.com, which tracks cancellations due to weather and mechanical problems. It's not like things will suddenly clear up: the same website reports that some 1,000 flights already have been canceled in advance for Friday.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/02/us/winter-weather/

US braces for major snow storm
The US north-east is preparing for a storm that is expected to dump more than a foot of snow, while temperatures in Canada plummet to -46C (-51F).

[pErvinalia]

Seriously, if only we could swap a bit of your cold air for a bit of our hot air. These extremes we are getting are shocking.

[macdoc]

Well it does eventually....

[JimC]

Seriously, if only we could swap a bit of your cold air for a bit of our hot air. These extremes we are getting are shocking.

It's just peachy down here in Melbourne, sunny and low twenties...

[MiM]

Exceptional weather, yes. Exceptionally dull

[pErvinalia]

This is seriously bloody depressing.

[Rum]

Fuckn' blowy out there right now!

[PsychoSerenity]

Large quantities of hail and thunder right overhead this morning.

[macdoc]

Lovely - can't recall the last time it was -22 in Toronto.